Binder.



Patented Nov. 21,. I895. H. T. WISE.

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HENRY T. WISE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,689, dated November 21, 1899.

Application filed June 6,1899. SeIialNo. 719,598. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY .T. WISE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved binder which is simple and durable in construction and especially designed for binding papers in files, wrappers, envelops, and like articles, thebinder being easily manipulated to fasten the papers or documents in place in the file or wrapper, to permit of securely closing the file or wrapper or to open the same to gain access to the contents, and to permit of readily removing any one of the papers from the file or wrapper whenever desired.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. V

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a face view of the same with the file open, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. v

The file,wrapper,or other device A,on which the binder is to be used, is preferably made of stout paper, leather, or other material to permit of conveniently folding the same to inclose the papers B to be contained in the file or wrapper A, and near one end thereof is arranged an eyelet O, in which is free to slide one end of a cord, band, or string D, on which the papers B to be inclosed in the file or wrapper are strung, as hereinafter more fully explained. v

On the string D is secured or formed a projection, preferably in the form of an eyelet E, for abutting against the rear face of the eyelet G to prevent the string from being drawn through the eyelet in a forward direction, and the forward end of said string is connected with a piercing and binding plate F to prevent the end of the string from being drawn through the eyelet O in a rearward direction. The piercing and binding plate F is formed with a point F to enable the operator to pierce the paper B, so as to form a slot B, through which is passed the piercingplate F to draw the paper B upon the string next to the inner face of the file or wrapper A.

In order to conveniently attach thepiercing or binding plate to the string, Iprefer to donble up one end of the string or band D and engage this doubled-up end with a bar between adjacent openings in the piercing-plate, as will be readily understood, the doubled-up parts of the string or band D being a distance remote from the extreme end D of the string or band. This doubled-up and consequently reinforced portion of the string secures the papers and is not liable to be easilybroken when in use.

In order to conveniently pass the piercingplate F through the slot it forms, it is extended in alinement with the string, and when the paper B has been strung on the string D then the operator pulls on the rear end of the string D and extends the plate F at a right angle to the string, so as to rest flat on the front face of the paper B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. By this arrangement the piercing and binding plate F serves to string the paper B on the string D and then bind the paper B upon the inner face of the file or wrapper. When the paper B has thus been placed in position, it is folded with the file or wrapper A, and then the string is passed from the rear of the file or wrapper over the front end thereof and back to the rear, to be then drawn upon a spring-tongue G, formed on a plate G, secured to the back of the file or wrapper A, preferably by the eyelet C, as is plainly shownin Figs. 1 and 3. Thus the end of the string is passed around the folded file or wrapper, so as to securely close the same.

From the foregoing it is evident that the contents of the file or wrapper are strung on the string inside of the wrapper and securely bound in place thereon by the plate F, and the wrapperis securely heldin a wrapped and closed position by the string passing around the wrapper or file, the end being secured to the tongue G.

As shown in Fig. 3, one end G of the plate G is extended through the material of the wrapper and clenched at the front face there- 1. 'A binder, adapted"to be used in 'connecg of to securelyhold the plate in position, with the tongue Gjadjacent to the eyelet O.

Having thus fully described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure, by Letters Patent-- 7 T tion with a sheet or wrapper, the binder com prising a plate, the plate having one end projected through the wrapper andclenched thereon, and the plate havinga spring-tongue formed thereon, an eyelet passing through the 1 plate and wrapper'to secure the plate, aband or string passed-through the eyelet, apiercin'g and binding plate secured to one end of the string, an,d means secured to the string at; the side of the wrapper'opposite the piercing I c and binding plate, such means preventing being adapted to be engaged with the tongue 1 on the plate. 7

the passage of the string through the eyelet offlthe plate, the free portion of the string v 2. A binder adapted to be applied to asheet orf wrapper, the binder comprising a plate fastened permanently to the sheetor wrapper and having a spring-tongue formed there- I i on, a string passed through and movable in i an orifice in the plate, such orifice being removed from the; springdson'g'ue and having,

closed walls which permanently confine the string, a piercing and binding plate attached to one end of the string, and means attached to the string at the side of the binder, opposite the piercing and binding plate, such means limiting the sliding of thestring through .the first-named plate and the free portion of the string. serving to engagewith the tongue on thefirst-named-plate.

3. A binder, comprising a plate formed with a spring-tongue thereon and also having an opening with closed walls therein the opening being removed from'the spring-tongue,

-a-string passed through the opening in the platejandpermanently yet movably held jthei'ein, a piercing and binding plate attached to one end of the string, and means 'on the string at the side of the first-named plate opposite the piercing and binding plate, such means servingto limit the movement of the string through the plate, the free end of the string being adapted to engage with the tongue on the first-named plate. t p p 1 HENRY T. WISE.

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